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Strange Intelligence is the story of Hector Bywater, perhaps the British secret service's finest agent operating in Germany before the First World War.
Although British, he was working at the time as a journalist for the New York Herald and would later write for the Daily Telegraph.
Mansfield Cumming, the first 'C' (or head of what would become MI6), recruited Bywater and gave him the designation 'H2O', in what was a rather obvious play on his name.
Not quite 007, the charming, courageous Bywater was probably as close to the popular image of James Bond as any British secret agent ever came.
Bywater's main role was collecting intelligence on naval installations in northern Germany ahead of the First World War.
Author: Hector Bywater and H. C. Ferraby
Paperback: 304 pages
SKU: P8386
H. C. Ferraby: H. C. Ferraby was a journalist with the Daily Express. He authored or co-authored a number of titles on espionage and intelligence including The Immortal Story of Zeebruge and Ostend.
Although British, he was working at the time as a journalist for the New York Herald and would later write for the Daily Telegraph.
Mansfield Cumming, the first 'C' (or head of what would become MI6), recruited Bywater and gave him the designation 'H2O', in what was a rather obvious play on his name.
Not quite 007, the charming, courageous Bywater was probably as close to the popular image of James Bond as any British secret agent ever came.
Bywater's main role was collecting intelligence on naval installations in northern Germany ahead of the First World War.
Author: Hector Bywater and H. C. Ferraby
Paperback: 304 pages
SKU: P8386
About the Authors
Hector C. Bywater: A British journalist and military author, Hector Charles Bywater is best known for his 1925 book The Great Pacific War, a fictional naval conflict between the United States and Japan that anticipated many of the actions undertaken by the two sides during World War Two. He died in 1940.
H. C. Ferraby: H. C. Ferraby was a journalist with the Daily Express. He authored or co-authored a number of titles on espionage and intelligence including The Immortal Story of Zeebruge and Ostend.
Strange Intelligence - Memoirs of Naval Secret Service
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